Gift Card Guide

Mercury Payment Systems’ Free Gift Card Processing Gives Retailers
Business Wire (press release), CA - Oct 26, 2005 a 225 percent growth over the past year in the number of merchants processing gift cards, reflecting industry statistics on climbing gift card use during the

TRAVEL: Airlines Aim For Holiday Dollars With New Gift Cards
Business Online, UK - Nov 13, 2005 Many airlines offer gift certificates, but American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have become the first to land in the booming gift-card market.

Area’s big holiday spenders
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 16, 2005 1 item they would buy was a gift card. “People have the basics,” Weiner said. “They don’t want that encumbrance” of a physical gift.

Lehigh Valley Gift Card makes debut
Allentown Morning Call, PA - Nov 10, 2005 Area consumers will have a bit of a different gift opportunity this holiday season — the Lehigh Valley Gift Card — which made its debut Thursday.

Beware of surprise charges when purchasing gift cards
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Nov 14, 2005 If you go with a gift card, remember that the fine print may contain warnings of fees that the gift recipient may have to pay if the card is not used right away

Coastal Monmouth Police Blotter
Asbury Park Press, NJ - Nov 16, 2005 ROUTE 66: A 23-year-old Asbury Park woman was charged Oct. 29 with the theft of a gift card by Patrolman Eduardo Segarra. ROUTE